[Imc-makerspace] May Membership Meeting [June 1 Minutes]

[Gergana Slavova]

Attendees: Nadia, Jeff, Emily, Elizabeth, Paul, Barry, Gergana

Agenda:

*) Opens
     -- Post a list of workshops on the website: no update
     -- Make sure to close the window when you leave the space!
          $) *Barry will purchase a step ladder*

*) Membership/Financial Update
     -- Financial status and future plans
          $) Net income is over $5k
          $) Create a committee to work on expansion plans
               #) Will start planning for that in the fall
          $) Need a subscription service on the website (e.g. Stripe)
               #) For expediency, will move this from Erich to Jeff
               #) Group is ok with that
          $) Increase of monthly dues
               #) Suggestion to increase key-holding membership up to
$25/month
               #) Decision has majority - passed
               #) *Emily will clarify on the website that the space is free
during open hours*
     -- Funding ideas
          $) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy: no update
          $) Will also do a general ask of anyone who has ever visited the
space: no update
          $) Py-CU workshop
               #) Introduction to Programming, 2nd Weekend of August, on
Friday, Saturday, Sunday (Elizabeth)
               #) Will happen after Elizabeth is back from the summer
          $) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk
               #) Will probably fund us but have not officially heard back
               #) Acorn Media can also do seed funding for a capital
campaign
          $) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?): no update
          $) 3D printing keychains for a $1
               #) Have a prototype ready
          $) Maybe do a Raspberry pi workshop kit (plus keyboard, mouse,
HDMI cable) and have it available for rent
          $) Create signs for:
               #) 3D printer usage rules (including donation amounts) with
3 options: $1, $3, $5
               #) Put up a "Did you enjoy the space?  Donate here" sign
next to the donation jar
               #) Listing of membership levels
               #) Better signs for snacks/soda
          $) Still waiting to hear back from Yahoo!
          $) Snack area is working out really well

*) Help Desk
     -- Made $200 on the garage sale
     -- Everything else was picked up by Habitat for Humanity

*) RFID lock project
     -- All the parts exist separately, need to be put together
     -- *Nadia will get a status update from the other members*

*) Py-CU
     -- WIT happened last weekend
     -- Doing a joint meeting with Coffeeshop Coders next Tuesday
     -- Still getting 1-2 new members each meeting (including a new
hack-night person due farmer's market table)

*) Past events:
     -- AGORA Festival <http://agorafestival.com/> (May 2nd and 3rd)
          $) MU open during the day (10am - 3pm), Emily presented at 7pm
     -- Table at the Market (7am-noon) + Garage Sale (10am - 4pm) on May 10
     -- Jamie Nelson from UofI's Emerging Technologies group
          $) Panel on Makerspaces & Illinois Emerging Technologies Report
          $) Emily and Colten participated on May 19th
          $) Talked to teachers from colleges around Illinois
          $) Dept of Education is thinking about doing a makerspace on
campus (in Armory)
     -- PyCU's Women's IT and Computing Open House (Saturday, May 31, 1-4pm)
          $) Small but a good start, great networking opportunity for local
organizations
          $) Consider Champaign Library or other more recognizable location
but at a different time of year

*) Upcoming/potential events:
     -- Art @ the Market (July 12, 7am-noon)
          $) Need to start an ask for old t-shirts from people
     -- Bloomington Children's Museum workshop (July/August)
          $) Low-income camp: July 14-18, 4-6th graders
                #) Pick one day and be there for 1/2 of it
                #) *Jeff to make a doodle for best times/dates*
          $) Launching Innovation Station, can do a Saturday workshop
anytime
                #) Should consider getting the Bloomington groups involved
here
                #) *Emily will post on the Google group with this info*
     -- 1st Annual Heartland Maker Fest (Saturday, Oct. 18)
     -- Illinois State's College of Education conference (T21Con)
          $) Have not heard back, dropping
     -- MU hosting a Cadet Girl Scout troop (potential Saturday): no update
     -- Potential Orpheum workshops: no update
     -- Glass bead workshop (Dena)
          $) Might be able to do it as a summer make-a-tion
     -- Google Glass workshop (Liz): no update
     -- Saturday Open Hours rotation (11am - 1pm): sign up here
<http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050845ADAC23AA8-makerspace>!
     -- Summer Make-a-tion 2014
          $) Already have a new spreadsheet so you can claim a workshop
          $) *Gergana will send out a general ask about this*
          $) Deadline to decide on the workshops by June 15
     -- Another clean-up day: tentatively plan for end of June, right
before summer make-a-tion starts

*) Other things of interest:
     -- UC2B Press Conference
<http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9d098b0a3c2e10ef7b1dcdfbf&id=bb6de41d61&e=c973750951>
- fiber expansion in Champaign-Urbana, May 29 @ 2pm

It was great to see everyone today.  Stay cool! (literally, since it's
really hot outside)

~Gergana
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